Vice President of Legal, Yugabyte
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
Open source SQL database
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Open source SQL database
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To become the default database for cloud-native applications in a multi-cloud world.
Role
Who you are
- JD/U.S. law degree and bar admission in California
- 15+ years combined law firm and/or in-house legal experience, preferably in a database company
- Proven experience in providing strategic legal counsel to executive leadership
- Strong understanding of a wide range of legal areas including corporate law, commercial law and negotiations, intellectual property, privacy, cybersecurity, partnerships, marketing and employment law
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills to work with cross-functional stakeholders across the company
- Ability to analyze complex legal issues and provide practical solutions, assess and balance risk on behalf of company
- Excellent problem solving, project management, attention to detail, interpersonal and organizational skills
What the job involves
- The VP Legal will serve as a key member of the executive leadership team, providing strategic legal counsel and guidance to the organization
- This role involves overseeing all legal matters, ensuring compliance, and mitigating legal risks
- The VP Legal will work closely with various departments to support business objectives and protect the company's interests
- Provide expert legal advice and support to senior management on a wide range of legal issues, including corporate governance, contracts, intellectual property, privacy, cybersecurity, partnerships, marketing and employment
- Develop and implement legal strategies and policies that align with business objectives, and identify, assess and mitigate legal risks
- Manage and oversee all cross-jurisdictional legal matters, including litigation, negotiations, and transactions
- Ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, including customer, vendor and partner agreements
- Stay up-to-date on legal developments and industry trends, and provide updates to the executive team
- Represent Yugabyte in legal proceedings and negotiations
- Oversee corporate governance and administration for Yugabyte and its subsidiaries
- Provide guidance on employee relations issues, including employment documents, disciplinary actions, benefits, policy compliance and any employment related claims
- Assist with legal aspects of company’s equity plan
- Contribute to Board of Directors materials and meetings
- Support strategic initiatives such as fundraising and M&A transactions
- Collaborate with external legal counsel as needed
Our take
Traditional IT stacks and database solutions have rapidly become antiquated in recent years due to a surge in demand for cloud-native applications. SQL databases are typically the standard format for managing enterprise data, but integrating and scaling this infrastructure within the ever-changing field of cloud-based applications presents serious challenges.
Yugabyte develops a cloud-native and open-source SQL product named YugabyteDB, a database system that is designed to be easily scalable, flexible and resilient when integrated within cloud-based applications. Through PostgreSQL compatibility, automated data recovery and high computing power, the startup claims that its database solution reduces downtime, optimizes security, and reduces increases compatible infrastructure options.
With the migration from legacy database systems to cloud-based solutions a necessity rather than an option for many enterprises, Yugabyte has made a smart move by providing a flexible and accessible solution to integrate familiar SQL databases within a cloud-based setup. Its range of strategic partnerships and product development has the company well set to see further growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2021
$188m
SERIES C
Mar 2021
$48m
LATE VC
Total funding: $290m
Company benefits
- Flexible hours
- Monthly wellness reimbursement
- Internet and phone reimbursement
- Home office setup reimbursement
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Sunnyvale, CA
Leadership
Kannan Muthukkaruppan
(President)Earned an MSc in Computer Science at University of California. Previously Consulting Member of Technical Staff at Oracle for 13 years, Technical Lead at Facebook for 5 years and Engineer at Nutanix for 3 years.
Karthik Ranganathan
(CTO)Earned an MSc in Computer Science from The University of Texas. Previously Software Design Engineer at Microsoft Corporation for 2 years, Software Engineer at Netsuite for 8 months and Technical Lead at Facebook for 5 years.
Mikhail Bautin
(Software Architect)Previously Software Designer at Mera for 1 year, Quantitative Developer at D. E. Shaw & Co. also for 1 year and Software Engineer at Facebook for 2 years.
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